| Family |
Species |
Author |
Info |
Occurrence |
Common names |
Abundance |
Max length |
Maturity |
Remark |
Photo |
| Nemacheilidae |
Acanthocobitis botia
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Bilturi (Bengali), বিলচুরি (Bengali) | | 14.87 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in hill streams and clear water creeks of Sylhet, in streams of Mymensingh, Dinajpur and Rangpur. |  |
| Sparidae |
Acanthopagrus datnia
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Br, M
| native | | abundant (always seen in some numbers) | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Abundant in estuaries and the Bay of Bengal (Ref. 1479). Also Ref. 2115, 39989. |  |
| Myliobatidae |
Aetomylaeus nichofii
|
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Shankhachii (Not specified) | | 65.00 cm WD male/unsexed | | Reported from the freshwater system of Bangladesh (Ref. 33173). |  |
| Ailiidae |
Ailia coila
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Thr
| native | Kajuli (Bengali), Gangetic alia (English), Baspata (Bengali), কাজলি (Bengali) | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Choto Jamuna river (Ref. 100698). Also Ref. 4833, 39989, 41236, 56321. |  |
| Ailiidae |
Ailiichthys punctata
|
Day, 1872 | Fr, Thr
| native | Kajuli (Bengali), কাজলি (Bengali) | | 10.08 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 39989, 56321. |  |
| Ambassidae |
Ambassis nalua
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | | | 12.50 cm TL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Amblycipitidae |
Amblyceps laticeps
|
(McClelland, 1842) | Fr
| native | | | 4.21 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
| Amblycipitidae |
Amblyceps mangois
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Catfish (English), Torrent catfish (English) | | 12.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Piyan gang (Dahuki river) near Sangrampunji in Sylhet, Mahananda river near Tetulia in Panchagar, Jabuneswari river near Badarganj in Rangpur, Kangsha and Someswari rivers in Netrokona, and Panchara in Cox's Bazar. Also Ref. 4833, 36654, 39989, 41236. |  |
| Danionidae |
Amblypharyngodon microlepis
|
(Bleeker, 1853) | Fr
| native | Mola (Bengali), মলা (Bengali), Carplet (English) | | 12.60 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in rivers, canals, ditches and ponds throughout Bangladesh (Ref. 1479). Also Ref. 39989. |  |
| Danionidae |
Amblypharyngodon mola
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Mola (Bengali), Moa (Bengali), Moya (Bengali), মলা (Bengali), Carplet (English) | abundant (always seen in some numbers) | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 4.72 TL | Found in rivers, canals, beels, ponds and inundated fields throughout the country. Occurs in Choto Jamuna river (Ref. 100698). Also Ref. 4832, 41236. |  |
| Anabantidae |
Anabas cobojius
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 41236. |  |
| Anabantidae |
Anabas testudineus
|
(Bloch, 1792) | Fr, Fi
| native | Koi (Bengali), Kawai'in (Hindi), Koee (Bengali), Koee maach'in (Bengali), কৈ (Bengali), Climbing perch (English) | | 25.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Choto Jamuna river (Ref. 100698). Also Ref. 4833, 39989, 41236, 43638. |  |
| Anguillidae |
Anguilla bengalensis
|
(Gray, 1831) | Fr, Br
| native | Banehara (Bengali), বানেহারা (Bengali) | | 200 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in hillstreams of Mymensingh (Kangsha, Somerswari). Also caught from the Karnafuli Reservoir. |  |
| Pristidae |
Anoxypristis cuspidata
|
(Latham, 1794) | Fr
| native | Saw shark (English), Karati hangar (Not specified) | | 470 cm TL male/unsexed | | Reported from the freshwater system of Bangladesh (Ref. 33173). |  |
| Aplocheilidae |
Aplocheilus panchax
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Bechi (Bengali), Kanpona (Bengali), Pach chok (Bengali), Techoukka (Bengali), বেচি (Bengali) | | 9.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Choto Jamuna river (Ref. 100698). Abundant in ditches, ponds, canals, streams and other water bodies throughout the country. Utilized for mosquito control. Also Ref. 4833, 27139, 41236, 43638. |  |
| Oxudercidae |
Apocryptes bato
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Br
| native | Chewa bele (Bengali), Chiring (Bengali), Dali chewa (Bengali), চিরিং (Bengali), চেওয়া বেলে (Bengali), ডালি চেওয়া (Bengali), Gobi (English) | | 26.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 4.9 SL | Fairly abundant in Dakatia and Meghna rivers near Chandpur. Also Ref. 4833, 39989. |  |
| Ariidae |
Arius gagora
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Gagla (Bengali), গাগলা (Bengali) | | 91.40 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in the Bay of Bengal. Enters estuaries and ascends far above tidal reach. Caught in large numbers in the river Meghna near Chandpur during monsoon. Also Ref. 4833. |  |
| Gobiidae |
Awaous grammepomus
|
(Bleeker, 1849) | Fr, Br
| native | Bele (Bengali), বেলে (Bengali), Scribbled goby (English) | | 15.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Dakatia and Meghna rivers near Chandpur. Also Ref. 4833. |  |
| Gobiidae |
Awaous guamensis
|
(Valenciennes, 1837) | Fr, M
| native | Bailla (Bengali), বাইল্লা (Bengali) | | 24.51 cm SL male/unsexed ;16.53 cm female | | |  |
| Badidae |
Badis badis
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Thr
| native | Napte koi (Bengali), Botkoi (Bengali), Koi bandi (Bengali), কৈ বানদি (Bengali), Mud perch (English), Mudperch (English) | | 7.10 cm TL male/unsexed | 4.05 | Known from the Ganges River drainage (Ref. 46238). Found in beels, ditches, ponds and swamps throughout the country. Also Ref. 4833, 41236, 56321. |  |
| Badidae |
Badis chittagongis
|
Kullander & Britz, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | 3.54 cm SL male/unsexed ;2.83 cm SL female | | Type locality, small stream in Lama town, Matamohuri R. drainage, Bandarban Hill Tracts, Chittagong Division, CAS 216608 (holotype of B. chittagongis, 3.54 cm SL, male). Collected only in hillstreams near Chittagong, SE of the Ganges delta; no other material east of the Ganges, adjacent Indian states of Tripura or Mizoram, or the eastern coast of Myanmar, but absence may be due to insufficient collecting (Ref. 46238). | No picture yet. |
| Badidae |
Badis pallidus
|
Kullander, Nóren, Rahman & Mollah, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 3.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Badis pallidus, Chittagong Division: Bandarban District: Sangu River drainage: Shailopropat Waterfall and downstream pools. This species has a widespread distribution in the Karnafuli and Sangu Rivers where it was collected in small hillstreams. At the Shailopropat. Falls, the specimens were collected downstream of the falls where the slope lessened, and not at the foot of the falls (Ref. 120428). | No picture yet. |
| Badidae |
Badis rhabdotus
|
Kullander, Nóren, Rahman & Mollah, 2019 | Fr
| native | | | 5.12 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality of Badis rhabdotus, Sylhet Division: Sylhet District: Meghna River drainage, Pyain River at Jaflong (Ref. 120428). | No picture yet. |
| Sisoridae |
Bagarius bagarius
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Fi
| native | Baghair (Bengali), Bagair (Bengali), বাগাইর (Bengali), Gangetic goonch (English), Goonch (English) | | 230 cm TL male/unsexed | | Occurs in the Ganges basin (Ref. 27732), including Meghna River (Ref. 35669). Known from the rivers of Surma (Sylhet), Kangsha and old Brahmaputra (Mymensingh) and Titas (Comilla). Also recorded from the Karnafuli reservoir (Chittagong Hill Tracts). Also Ref. 39989, 41236. |  |
| Sisoridae |
Bagarius lica
|
Volz, 1903 | Fr
| misidentification | | | 200 cm SL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Balitoridae |
Balitora brucei
|
Gray, 1830 | Fr
| native | | | 10.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 37826. |  |
| Cyprinidae |
Bangana dero
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Kursha (Bengali), কুরসা (Bengali) | | 75.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in rivers of Dinajpur, Rangpur and Mymensingh. Also Ref. 4832, 39989, 41236. |  |
| Cyprinidae |
Barbonymus gonionotus
|
(Bleeker, 1849) | Fr, Br, Aq
| introduced | Rajputi (Bengali), Thai sharputi (Bengali) | | 43.00 cm TL male/unsexed | 16 TL | Genetic research for the aquaculture sector is being done in the country (Ref. 55327). Also Ref. 6794, 42329. |  |
| Danionidae |
Barilius barila
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Barali (Bengali), বারালি (Bengali) | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 4832, 41236. |  |
| Danionidae |
Barilius vagra
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Koksa (Bengali), কুকসা (Bengali) | | 15.64 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in streams of Dinajpur. Also Ref. 4832, 41236. |  |
| Bagridae |
Batasio batasio
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Tengra (Bengali) | | 10.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 4833. |  |
| Bagridae |
Batasio tengana
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Tengra (Bengali) | | 9.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the old Brahmaputra river in Mymensingh. Also Ref. 4833, 39989, 41236. |  |
| Oxudercidae |
Boleophthalmus boddarti
|
(Pallas, 1770) | Fr, Br
| native | Dahuk (Bengali), ডাহোক (Bengali), Goggle-eyed goby (English) | | 22.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Botiidae |
Botia dario
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Thr
| native | Bou mach (Bengali), Bou (Bengali), Rani (Bengali), Stripped loach (English) | | 15.10 cm TL male/unsexed | 7.32 TL | Found in Choto Jamuna river (Ref. 100698). Abundant in streams of Mymensingh, Sylhet, Dinajpur, Rangpur and Chittagong Hill Tracts. Also Ref. 4832, 56321. |  |
| Botiidae |
Botia dayi
|
Hora, 1932 | Fr
| questionable | Bou mach (Bengali), Rani (Bengali), Bengal loach (English) | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Several specimens of this species were collected along with B. dario. This fish resembles B. dario except for the difference in the patterns of bands and blotches of the body (Ref. 1479). However, Hamilton 1822 (Ref. 1480) considered this species as a color variety of B. dario. |  |
| Botiidae |
Botia lohachata
|
Chaudhuri, 1912 | Fr
| native | Bou mach (Bengali), Bou (Bengali), Rani (Bengali), Y-loach (English) | | 15.39 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Choto Jamuna river (Ref. 100698). Recorded from Faridpur and Dinajpur. Also Ref. 4832. |  |
| Botiidae |
Botia rostrata
|
Günther, 1868 | Fr
| native | | | 25.00 cm NG male/unsexed | | |  |
| Soleidae |
Brachirus pan
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Kathal pata (Bengali), কাতলপাটা (Bengali) | | 11.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Bay of Bengal. Collected from the Meghna and the Dakatia near Chandpur. Enters estuaries and freshwater rivers. |  |
| Gobiidae |
Brachygobius nunus
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Nuna bailla (Bengali) | | 2.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from old Kanghsa river near Netrokona, and rivers of Dakatia and Meghna near Chandpur. |  |
| Dasyatidae |
Brevitrygon walga
|
(Müller & Henle, 1841) | Fr
| misidentification | Suncush (Not specified) | | 45.00 cm WD male/unsexed | | Reported from the freshwater system of Bangladesh (Ref. 33173). Outside distributional range, occurrence needs verification. |  |
| Butidae |
Butis butis
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Kuli (Bengali), কুলি (Bengali), Flat-headed gudgeon (English) | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in the Bay of Bengal. May be looked for in the rivers of Khulna and Barisal. |  |
| Danionidae |
Cabdio jaya
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Jaya (Bengali), জায়া (Bengali), Carplet (English) | | 15.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from rivers of the northern part of Bangladesh. Also Ref. 4832, 39989, 41236. |  |
| Danionidae |
Cabdio morar
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Morari (Bengali), Pioly (Bengali), মুরারি (Bengali), Carplet (English) | | 20.00 cm NG male/unsexed | | Found in Choto Jamuna river (Ref. 100698). Also Ref. 4832, 39989, 41236. |  |
| Cobitidae |
Canthophrys gongota
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Poia (Bengali), Gongota loach (English), Pahari gutum (Bengali) | | 13.30 cm TL male/unsexed | | Reported from Choto Jamuna river (Ref. 100698). Found in streams and rivers of Mymensingh, Sylhet, Dinajpur and Rangpur. Also Ref. 4832. |  |
| Chacidae |
Chaca chaca
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Cheka (Bengali), চেকা (Bengali), Squarehead catfish (English) | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in rivers, beels, canals and ponds. Also Ref. 4833, 39989, 41236. |  |
| Cyprinidae |
Chagunius chagunio
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Utii (Bengali), Jarua (Bengali), জারুয়া (Bengali), Minor carp (English) | fairly common (chances are about 50%) | 50.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in streams of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chittagong Hill Tracts. Also Ref. 39989. |  |
| Ambassidae |
Chanda nama
|
Hamilton, 1822 | Fr, Thr
| native | Lomba chanda (Bengali), Chanda (Bengali), Nama chanda (Bengali), চানদা (Bengali), লম্বা চানদা (Bengali), Glassy perchlet (English), Perchlet (English) | | 11.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in Choto Jamuna river (Ref. 100698). Widespread in clear freshwater streams, canals, beels, ponds, and inundated paddy fields. Abundant during rainy season. Also Ref. 4833, 39989, 41236, 43638, 45255, 56321. |  |
| Bagridae |
Chandramara chandramara
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Gura tengra (Bengali), Futkibuzuri (Bengali), গুড়া টেংরা (Bengali) | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Also Ref. 4833, 39989, 41236. |  |
| Channidae |
Channa barca
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Tiashol (Bengali), Pipla (Bengali) | | 105 cm TL male/unsexed | | Found in beels and haors of greater Sylhet and Mymensingh districts. It has an unusual habit of travelling into the field to eat the flowers of the mustard plant. Also Ref. 4833, 39989, 41236. | No picture yet. |
| Channidae |
Channa gachua
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| native | Gachua (Bengali), গেচুয়া (Bengali) | | 32.90 cm TL male/unsexed | | |  |
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